Trace attachment



(No Mal.)

L; BOYD. TRACE ATTACHMENT.

N0.- 5o7,645. Patentedoml, 1893.

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INTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LINDLEYA BOYD, OF LONGWOOD, MISSOURI.

TRACE ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,645, dated October 31,1893.

Application filed May 29, 1893. Serial No. 475,861. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LINDLEY BOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Longwood, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Trace Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in traces, and has particular reference to an attachment for the same; the objects in View being to construct an attachment that maybe readily applied to orremoved from an ordinary carriage trace, whereby when in position thereupon the same is converted into a wagon trace, or a trace adapted to be employed in wagon harness, so that one harness may be used for both carriages and wagons.

It is well known that in carriages the ends of the single-trees differ in formation from those of wagons or plows, in that the former are adapted to receive the leather eye of a trace, and the latter require a cock-eye for engagement with their hooks; but by my iuvention, as heretofore intimated, I propose to employ the same trace Whether used in a harness for wagons or carriages.

With the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter specified and particularly pointed out in the claims.,

Referring to the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a -fperspective view of the rear end of a trace,

the same having an attachment constructed in accordance with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective of the attachment, the same being open. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In constructing the attachment I hinge t-ogether a pair of metal plates 1 and 2, each of said plates being provided at its front end with a hinge eye 3, the eyes of the plates aligning transversely and being connected by means of a transverse pintle 4. The ends of the pintle project beyond the sides of the eyes, and loosely hung upon said pintle are the perforated terminals 5 of a D-iron or shackle 6. This D-iron 6 has formed at a central point of its front end a headed stud 7 and swiveled upon said stud is an eye or loop 8,

Formed upon the upper side of theface of the lower plate 2 is an elongated integral stud 9, and the same is designed to project through and lit within an elongated opening 10 formed in the upper plate 1. The plate l has formed at each side of said elongated opening 10 oppositely inclined binding shoulders 11 and in advance of one of said shoulders there is lo.

cated upon said plate a spring-catch 12. Swiveled upon a pintle passing through stud 9, as indicated at 13, is a turn-button 14, which in contour is the same as the stud and the opening 10, and the said button has its under side at each side of its center beveled or inclined in reverse directions so that they are designed 9, which permits of the separation of the two members or plates l and 2. The separation having been accomplished the trace is introduced between them and the stud 9 and the turn-button passed up through the elongated opening 16 of the trace, after which the plate 1 is closed upon the plate 2, said plates thus clamping the opposite sides of the trace. When the plates have been closed the swiveled button is slightly above or beyond the outer face of the uppermost plate 2 and is given a quarter turn, so that its inclined faces ride up the oppositely inclined shoulders 11 and bind upon the same, thus drawing the two plates snugly together, whereby they clamp upon the sides or faces of the trace. The but-ton being pushed beyond the springcatch 12 is prevented from returning to alignment with the stud and opening 10. Y

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have produced a cheap and Ysimple attachment, that is strong and durable, and which may be readily applied to any ordinary trace employed in carriagevharness, whereby the same is converted into a trace IOO adapted for use in wagon or plow harness, whereby any ordinary harness of suitable strength may be employed for wagons or plows or carriage use.

1 do not limit my invention to the exact details of construction herein shown and described, but hold that I may vary the same to any degree and extent within the knowledge of the skilled mechanic.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The herein described trace-attachment, the same consisting of a pair of clampingplates hinged together` at one end and having the pintle of its hinge extending beyond the eyes thereof, means for securing the plates upon a trace, and a cock-eye loosely hung upon the extended ends ofthe pintle, said eye consisting of a U-shaped shackle, whose terminals engage the pintle, and a loop swiveled at the outer side of the shackle substantially as specified.

2. The herein described cock-eye attachment for traces, the same consisting of the two plates hinged atone end and adapted to clamp upon a trace, a cock-eye connected to the hinge end of the plates, a stud formed upon the inner side of one of the plates and i 'adapted to pass through the eye of a trace and a corresponding opening formed in the companion plate, a pair of inclined shoulders formed on said companion plate at each side of the opening, and a turn-button having oppositely beveledshoulders for binding upon those of the plate, said turn-button being swiveled upon a pintle and passing through the outer end of the stud, substantially as specified.

3. The herein described cock-eye attachment for traces, the same consisting of the two plates, each provided with a hinge eye, a pintle passing through said eyes, a D-iron loosely hung upon the pintle, a cock eye swiveled upon the D-iron, a stud formed upon the inner side of one of the plates and' adapted to pass through the eye of a trace and a corresponding opening in the companion plate, the oppositely inclined binding shoulders formed upon the outer side of said companion plate at opposite sides of the opening, aspx-ingcatch arranged in advance of one of the shoulders, and a swiveled turn-button mounted upon the stud and having its under side oppositely inclined at each side of its center for binding against the inclined shoulders, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LINDLEY BOYD.

Vitnesses:

JAS. SMILEY, W. 1I. SMILEY. 

